A PROCLAMATION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 220, 3 September 1862, Page 7

A PROCLAMATION.

Iriri-in- into f-jr.y; certain r«ru!atitms touching the rarri.vf of [iaviujiefcr-, from Sew ZeaL'sn 1 i*j other hiJi.-L.sh j/«-;-.^,-iourt vi A u*tntla.-Li. By HU K«.v!len..-y Sir Gt-or,-: Grey, Kiifcbt, Com liKui'ir <<S tin- M,-t Hoitunible OrJer of the Ihah, Govi.-ni-n aiil (Jownniudcr-in-Chief I a and over iif;- sii»jt-iv"~ Coiiiiiy of .Yew Z^-tlan-l an«i il- !»■ j^n-1..-uc;es, a::*l Vice-Admiral vf tls mine tic, &<;., Uc. Wii -r.-iiM, by nti Act of the ImjK;rial Parliament, , r.r-.vl iv tht- ri^-ajti btlti iv tLc- Tv,,-uty-f.jurth and ivvcniv-tiSii, ym« of Her pr.-,riit .Maj^tya rpi>, mtuu.ei "' A;i At to eiupowiT the <iovernon> of th<-:V(-ml Au^.rjlbii Coijuiss to n.smiate the numSier of < ln.~.'*-n;,'*n, to b- carriel in v t -ft»cU j.lvin^ U-tuvn i oil- in th -v.'Cvl.uiic.-.," it is amount other thi>i"* ctir.i-K.-l th.-.i it friiall I^ lawful for the Governor of t i;h of lu-r M;ijffisiy« Colonies already or hereafter to I v i-rtabiiiheJ^ in Au-traiaj-ia. by any Proclamation I 1 be by him from time to time is^-at-d fur the purj j*e (wiiic-h Proclamation ihall take effect from the i -suihi: thereof, if no day Aall be named tSierein for tne i urj.oie),t/j prescribe such rules* as he shall think projx.r lor deU-miiuiuK the number cf pa.ssrruiers to l>e carried ia any passenger «hip which tihall proceed from any such Colony i > any other «f Her Majesty* possessions for the time b»iii£ in Au>.tmia.«ia, and fur detenniuinp; on wliat dfekordtcks and subject to what reservations or ! iwnditj.jna )»uh<>Mi^erß aiay be cstrried, and also Ui \ j rescrii,- such peuaitiea for the infraction or non- i < Wrvanc of such Itules as to such Governor inav ! -em i>rt>|jer; and it ia a!ao enacted that from the j time when any HUch proclamation shall take effect, | arid m Inns as tLe Kime hh<dl continue in force, the '■■ rules an.i euaetmeuts contained in "The PassenL'ern i \"A, isf.s," relating to the number of passengers to i c carrird in any iia.s»en^er ship, aud the deck o J livks whereon thuy arc to l>e ct.rie.l. hhall cease to ] i[»ply tn any vcr-*! t<> which wch proclamation shall i v applii-abu;, Kive only a* to the recovery and anpli-citi-n cf aay penalty for any oiL-nee cununitteJ i.'aiuut the- hoiii Act before such proclamation shiill tiketfitct. I

Now, thwfore, r, Sir Georcc Grey, tho Governor f A.^-Z-Wand, in exercise of vie |- ■•.(- r ve*t«J in i ie by tht :>\»n-* n-ciu-d Act, do issue this mv j»njitaati.jn, to Utkf «!fect fr.»:n tht; 10th day of June, ;■-• t! t y;;.vm'j oi-'iit hanirt-i and iixtv-two, and I do i-i.-bv_ pnvcribe th*? rules hereinafter M;t forth for !'t'.rm:uin^ thu iiutui>er of pas-- enters who may be < u-jl.^l iv any i>;ts.senger ihip which shall proceed i -..tii the G4u»y of X t w Zt-abtiii io any other of lit-r t:y-.{ ty's irtsse.shioiis for the time liting in Austrafcsja. and on what *k-ek or d^:kii and under what r •.servruioiis or conditions passengers ma y carried, rtii 1 the jvnaitie.i for the infraction or non-observance t such rules, that is to say :— A.- Hailing Vessels. 1. No ship propviled hy sails only shall carry a rcater number oi persons (including every mdi M'iual on brnrU) than in the proportion of one"statute i iult u> every two tons of her registered tonnage. 2. No ship shall curry under the poop or in the r tund-hotis:: or deck-house or on the upper jiassengerJi"ck a gnsiUr ncralwr of pas»«;n^ers than in'the prof ortiun of one htuute adult to ev<-ry twelve clear su--1 erficial fet i. vi dvck allotetl to their use. j 3. No ship j,!;ali carryon her lower i»assenger-deck ! i greater niunb-er of paavjngers than in the proportion of one htatute adult to every iitteon clear super- i iiiia! (let <if dt-ck alLik-l to th-.-ir use,nrovi<ied, nevt-r----thcle».<, that if the height Iwtween such lower passen--..r-tieck and the deck immediately above it shall lie fss than seven fefct, or if the apeitui-es (exclusive of ide scuttles) thryu-h which light an-1 air shall be adinitwa tyyether U> the lower p:utenger-deck, shall be W,ss in size than in the proportion of three square ft 4to ewry-oueliuuJral superficial feet of the lower 'iasH;it^er deck, no greater number of pa'-sun^ers shall 1 c currie. I on such deck than iv the proportion of one sutut.-a-lult to every twenty-live clear superficial It-et thereof.

A. No ship, whatever l»e her tonnape or superficial space of pasisenjrer-ileeks, ghail cany a £Tc-ater ninnl>er of passengers on the whole thaii in the proportion Of one statute adult to even- five superficial litt clear (or exercM on the ui»|x-r"deck or jxwp (it secured, and fitted on the top with a railin^or guard, to the satisfaction of the Kmitrrant Oilictra tthe port of clearance,) ou any round-house or deck-house 5. In the measurement of the passenpri -docks, t»oop, round-house, or deck-house, the gpace for the hosjutal and that occupied by such portion of tiie jHTM.imI lujjgnjfe of tht passen'frer* as the Emigration Otlicer may permit to be carried there, shall be included.

B.—Steamers. The number of passengers who may be carried on Iward of any vessel profiled by steam power shall be a-ioerraiiied and determined in manner followintr viz:— b' 1. Measure in cubic feet the dear space alloted to fore-cabin passengers between decks, and divide the cubic contents by 11. 2. Count the number of sleeping berths exclusively provided fur the accomodation of fore-cabiu passengers, and adJ to it the number obtained as above. 3. The total number thus obtained is the total number of lore-cabin passengers who may be carried. 4. Proceed in the same manner with "the space alloted to after-cabin passengers. The results ol the said computations shall determine the number of fore-cabiu and after-cabin passengers respectively who may be carried on board of a vessel propelled by steam power, and all passengers on board thereof shall be included in oae or other of the said denominations. PENALTIES. If there shall be on board of any ship or vessel at or after the time of clearance a greater number either of persons or passengers (except Dy births at sea) than in the proportions respectively hereinbefore mentioned, the master of such ship or vessel shall be liable to & penalty not exceeding five pounds nor less than one pound sterling lor each person or passenger constituting such excess. Given under my hand, at Wellington, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand '' this sixteenth day of May, in the year of ouo Lord, one thousand eight hundred ana sixty-two By His Excellency's command, William Fox. Qo» atx SfiS Qvbn I